Follow-Up Survey, Graduates of 1992-93.

Autor/in	Adams, Judith
Institution	Macomb Community Coll., Warren, MI. Dept. of Research and Evaluation.
Titel	Follow-Up Survey, Graduates of 1992-93.
Quelle	(1994), (39 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	College Transfer Students; Community Colleges; Education Work Relationship; Followup Studies; Graduate Surveys; Outcomes of Education; Participant Satisfaction; Salaries; Student Attitudes; Student Characteristics; Two Year College Students; Two Year Colleges + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; Community college; Community College; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Entlohnung; Gehalt; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	As part of a program of graduate follow-up studies, Macomb Community College (MCC), in Michigan, regularly conducts surveys of graduates or certificate earners 1, 3, and 5 years after their departure from the college. In September 1993, surveys were mailed to 3,168 alumni from the class of 1992-93 requesting information on graduate characteristics, current employment/educational status, salary information, and perceptions of MCC. Study findings, based on responses from 1,249 former students, included the following: (1) 44% of the respondents indicated that their primary reason for attending MCC had been to prepare for a future job, 15% to improve existing job skills, and 35% to earn credit for transfer; (2) 78.3% of the respondents were employed at least part-time, with 43% in the services industry and 18% in the manufacturing sector, and 8.4% were unemployed; (3) 46% of the employed respondents indicated that their job was directly related to their education at MCC, while more than 40% said that they were employed in an unrelated field; (4) employed respondents' mean hourly salary was $11.79, the lowest in three years; (5) 12% of the respondents were full-time students, with nearly half of those answering the question (n=234) declaring that MCC prepared them for further coursework; (6) overall, 59% of the male respondents and 63.6% of the females indicated that they were very or extremely satisfied with their MCC experience. The survey instrument, an employer release of information form, and a list of occupations are appended. (KP)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC